Antennas

Minimize certification time and costs by pairing your LSR module with a pre-certified RF antenna

LSR is unmatched in offering multiple pre-certified antenna options for each wireless module. Pairing LSR’s embedded modules with a pre-certified RF antenna saves both certification time and costs. The new, exclusive, flexible antenna solutions from LSR, provide unmatched flexibility to help you solve your real-world design challenges. Learn more about the FlexPIFA™ and FlexNotch™ antennas from LSR and how they can provide design freedoms you didn’t know were possible.

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FlexPIFA™ Antennas

The FlexPIFA™ (patent pending) is an industry-first flexible Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA). The 2.4 GHz FlexPIFA™ is ideally suited for use with 2.4 GHz applications such as, Wi-Fi® 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. The dual-band FlexPIFA™ is ideal for Wi-Fi applications across both bands, such as 802.11 'a'. Both the 2.4 GHz and dual-band 2.4/5.5 GHz FlexPIFA™ deliver strong performance in challenging environments, providing you unmatched flexibility to solve your real-world antenna design challenges. The PIFA design provides consistent performance across a broad array of environments & enclosures - plastic, metal, or even body-worn applications. With the ability to be flexed in either concave or convex directions, without sacrificing antenna performance, the small size and adhesive backing give further mounting flexibility within your product design.

FlexPIFA – Industry’s First Flexible, Adhesive-Backed PIFA

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Hi! I'm Dave Burleton with LSR, a global leader in design services and RF products for wireless product development. I'm excited to introduce you to our new FlexPIFA™: a flexible, adhesive-backed, PIFA-style antenna.

Like everything we create here at LSR, this antenna was designed to help you solve real-world design challenges by creating an antenna with unmatched flexibility, and this patent-pending design with its inherent resistance to de-tuning does just that.

What do I mean when I say it delivers unmatched flexibility?
I like to think of it in two ways: first of all, FlexPIFA™ is the only Planar Inverted F Antenna, or, PIFA, in a flexible form. The nature of a PIFA offers significant advantages for real-world design. Why's that? The topology of a PIFA helps make it much less sensitive to its surroundings. This is critical because it makes a PIFA-style antenna much more resistant to de-tuning if placed near metal or the human body. I'll show you what I mean.

For most traditional antennas, mounting it this close to a metal object such as a shield or battery, could impact the overall gain performance of the system by up to 5 or even 6 dB, but using a PIFA design allows the FlexPIFA™ to maintain strong gain performance, even when placed in an environment such as this one. Secondly, as you likely noticed with the enclosure example we just looked at, the antenna's physical makeup gives you the freedom to easily mount the antenna in tight quarters, including the ability to be placed directly on convex or concave surfaces. The use of a pliable foam material within the antenna, along with the convenient use of adhesive backing are key to providing this physical flexibility while maintaining the antenna's performance. Traditional PIFA's, such as this one, typically use PCB's or similar surfaces that simply don't provide any flexibility.

The FlexPIFA™ actually offers you one more degree of flexibility. That's because it is available not only in a 2.4 GHz design, but also as a dual-band antenna that can support both 2.4 and 5 GHz applications. Now, hopefully, I've helped explain how the FlexPIFA™ would help in some of your most challenging RF designs. Simply put, it's the only flexible PIFA design available today. Product samples are available now.

FlexNotch™ Antenna

FlexNotch is the only adhesive-backed, flexible notch antenna that can be easily custom-trimmed for maximum range within your spe- cific enclosure. Paired with the antenna design expertise offered by LSR, FlexNotch provides a simple, repeatable process for optimizing antenna tuning to deliver maximum range for your application.

With FlexNotch, tuning for your specific application is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

IP stands for Ingress Protection for electronic enclosures. The first number 6, means this antenna allows no ingress of dust (dust tight). The second number 7, means this antenna can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes without being harmed.

IP stands for Ingress Protection for electronic enclosures. The first number 6, means this antenna allows no ingress of dust (dust tight). The second number 7, means this antenna can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes without being harmed.

IP stands for Ingress Protection for electronic enclosures. The first number 6, means this antenna allows no ingress of dust (dust tight). The second number 7, means this antenna can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes without being harmed.

IP stands for Ingress Protection for electronic enclosures. The first number 6, means this antenna allows no ingress of dust (dust tight). The second number 7, means this antenna can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes without being harmed.

IP stands for Ingress Protection for electronic enclosures. The first number 6, means this antenna allows no ingress of dust (dust tight). The second number 7, means this antenna can be submerged in water up to 1 meter deep for up to 30 minutes without being harmed.